Mayuna Jeenu

Jan 12, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Ann Davis |Mayuna Jeenu |Partha Pratim Ray

Chemicals leaching from plastics are leaving Americans notably sicker and poorer, according to  a new study found. By contributing to the development of chronic disease and death, a group of hormone-disruptive plastic chemicals is costing the U.S. health care system billions — over $249 billion in 2018 alone, according to findings published on Thursday in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Dec 21, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Ann Davis |Bharat Dogra |Mayuna Jeenu |Michael T. Klare

Chemists are manipulating carbon dioxide to make clothing, mattresses, shoes, and more. It’s morning, and you wake up on a comfortable foam mattress made partly from greenhouse gas. You pull on a T-shirt and sneakers manufactured using carbon dioxide pulled from factory emissions. After a good run, you stop for a cup of joe and guiltlessly toss the plastic cup in the trash, confident it will fully biodegrade into harmless organic materials.

Nov 23, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Aman Namra |John Ruehl |Laurel Sutherlin |Mayuna Jeenu

Interview with Dr. Ravi Chopra: Unmasking the Environmental Toll of the Char Dham ProjectOn the festive day of Diwali, while the nation reveled in celebrations, 41 laborers found themselves teetering between life and death within the depths of the Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. This tunnel, part of the controversial Char Dham project, had suddenly collapsed. Despite ongoing efforts by various government agencies, the trapped workers awaited rescue for over 12 agonizing days.

Nov 21, 2023 | countercurrents.org | John Ruehl |Laurel Sutherlin |Mayuna Jeenu |Sandesh Deshmukh

Weather manipulation is increasingly common around the world, but the dangers of privatization and weaponization abound. As winter settles over New Delhi, cold air sinks, trapping pollution in the city. Smoke from seasonal fires stemming from farming practices in India’s north further reduces the city’s air quality, which typically ranks the worst in the world. New Delhi’s government has sought prior solutions to easing pollution, including traffic restrictions and air-filtration towers.

Nov 18, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Laurel Sutherlin |Mayuna Jeenu |Sandesh Deshmukh |Sandeep Banerjee

Inclusion of an Adani Group’s adviser on the Environment Ministry’s appraisal committee for Hydro-projects prima facie deliberate, involving a serious impropriety- Demand for an independent investigation To Shri Rajiv Gauba Cabinet Secretary Dear Shri Gauba, The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MEFCC) recently included Shri Janardhan Chaudhary, Advisor-Pumped Storage Projects (PSP) & Hydro of Adani Green Energy Ltd., as a member of the “reconstituted” Environment Appraisal...